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Naam | Geboren | Overleden | Leeftijd | Opmerking |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Donovan Connell | 17-06-1944 | Overl. op 25 jarige leeftijd |
Begraafplaats:
Graf id-nummer:
509485
Begraafplaatsnr.:
1073
(Plaats)aanduiding:
Oorlogsgraf 13-1-1
Omschrijving:
Mc Donnel is neergestort in een Avro Lancaster.
Opmerking van zijn achterneef:
He was NZ born (F/L Alexander Donovan McConnell, RNZAF - 16/17 June 1944) a navigator based here and on his 2nd tour when his Lancaster was shot down and all aboard killed including an extra passenger who went along for the ride. Unfortunately that night he was asked to replace a crew member from another bomber who’d taken ill with the flu and they also had taken along another extra for a joy ride so too speck. Over Europe they were attacked and shot down by a night fighter and all were killed. Apparently witnesses said the plane was on a collision course for a village but miraculously avoided the town breaking in half and landing on fire in a field. I don’t have all the info in front of me but the village had made one of the engines propellers into a memorial.
Opmerking van zijn achterneef:
He was NZ born (F/L Alexander Donovan McConnell, RNZAF - 16/17 June 1944) a navigator based here and on his 2nd tour when his Lancaster was shot down and all aboard killed including an extra passenger who went along for the ride. Unfortunately that night he was asked to replace a crew member from another bomber who’d taken ill with the flu and they also had taken along another extra for a joy ride so too speck. Over Europe they were attacked and shot down by a night fighter and all were killed. Apparently witnesses said the plane was on a collision course for a village but miraculously avoided the town breaking in half and landing on fire in a field. I don’t have all the info in front of me but the village had made one of the engines propellers into a memorial.
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